UP cabinet passes resolution to dissolve assembly
March 05, 2012 15:13 IST
With exit polls predicting a hung assembly in Uttar Pradesh, giving a lead to the Samajwadi Party and suggesting that the Bahujan Samaj Party could be voted out of power, the Mayawati cabinet passed a resolution recommending the dissolution of the 403-member assembly in Lucknow late on Sunday.
The decision was taken after the chief minister's office got signatures of all cabinet ministers appended to such a resolution.
The move took many by surprise because the resolution to dissolve the assembly is passed after declaration of election results. Once such a resolution is passed and signed by the chief minister, it is handed over to the governor along with the resignation of the cabinet and chief minister to make way for constitution of new assembly.
The assembly stands dissolved only after approval and notification of the governor. But Mayawati got the resolution approved two days before the counting of votes.
However, no official communication was released by the state government to the media in this regard.
Votes for the seven-phase election will be counted on Tuesday.
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